Ported Intake FBO

[01Romanss]

It has been said that a ported intake doesn’t do much if anything on a stock 5.0. Are there any proven or felt gains if I already have an air intake, headers, and tune? Would my mods make the ported intake a worthwhile addition? I have a 2019 GT.

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[NGOT8R]

I looked into this with Wilson Manifolds a while back and here is their direct response:

WM: You can send us your manifold and we can port it for $550.00. You can expect 10-15HP on a ported composite manifold. We offer a Gen 3 Coyote as well.

I thought about it and decided against it. The IM is so big, it would have required a large box and other packing materials. I’m guessing it would have cost at least $200 round trip for shipping, in addition to the porting.

 

[Pistol_91]

No

Would my mods make the ported intake a worthwhile addition?

No

 

[GR1MxREAPER]

If you have a 15-17 and are buying a gen3 intake manifold then get it ported as you already are doing the job and the 18+ in a gen 2 makes big gains already stock. With supporting mods it’s a huge difference. 18+ leave it.

 

[Unas2k5]

It was $75 to port my 18 manifold lol

 

[K Myers]

It has been said that a ported intake doesn’t do much if anything on a stock 5.0. Are there any proven or felt gains if I already have an air intake, headers, and tune? Would my mods make the ported intake a worthwhile addition? I have a 2019 GT.

I have a 15 get convertible with LTH,STEEDA CAI(119mm),and a 87mm throttle body, my tuner (Rob Shoemaker)told me adding another intake wouldnt do any good because I'm getting the air with the CDI, just upgrade the injectors, I did and it mad a diffrence a 40 or 60 roll it's a beast ,oh by the way I have 3.15 rear gear

 

[Rick#7]

I just watched a video that showed Dyno results for 5 different manifolds on a 2021 F150 tuned for e85 and CAI with no other mods. 2 of the manifolds tested were a stock 2018 GT and a ported 2018 GT. The tester was quite surprised that the ported GT manifold made absolutely no improvement at all over the unported GT manifold.

I haven't seen any ported manifold claiming more than 20 HP gain, and I suspect in real-world use that any gains would be much less. Based on that I have to agree with other comments, if you were going to buy a new manifold anyway and the ported version was only a little more money it "might" be worth it, but your car already has the 18+ manifold so the cost to benefit ratio just doesn't support doing it.

 

[01Romanss]

Thanks all for the input.

 

[GR1MxREAPER]

It was $75 to port my 18 manifold lol

Lol.. If someone is only charging you $75 then you mine as well have the nearest bum on a street corner do it. Guarantee your car makes less horsepower than a stock 18 manifold. The cheapest actual shop is usually around $300 and they do a decent job.

 

[Unas2k5]

Lol.. If someone is only charging you $75 then you mine as well have the nearest bum on a street corner do it. Guarantee your car makes less horsepower than a stock 18 manifold. The cheapest actual shop is usually around $300 and they do a decent job.

Because I got a good deal from a reputable shop I spent 23k with in one visit? You can think that if you want lol

 

[80FoxCoupe]

I just watched a video that showed Dyno results for 5 different manifolds on a 2021 F150 tuned for e85 and CAI with no other mods. 2 of the manifolds tested were a stock 2018 GT and a ported 2018 GT. The tester was quite surprised that the ported GT manifold made absolutely no improvement at all over the unported GT manifold.

I haven't seen any ported manifold claiming more than 20 HP gain, and I suspect in real-world use that any gains would be much less. Based on that I have to agree with other comments, if you were going to buy a new manifold anyway and the ported version was only a little more money it "might" be worth it, but your car already has the 18+ manifold so the cost to benefit ratio just doesn't support doing it.

Post the video?

 

[GR1MxREAPER]

Because I got a good deal from a reputable shop I spent 23k with in one visit? You can think that if you want lol

That has nothing to do with what the OP asked or what he would pay. So In what world would we know you went through a reputable shop and paid $75 cause you spent 23k for work lol.. $23,000 should get you a free ported manifold

 

[Unas2k5]

That has nothing to do with what the OP asked or what he would pay. So In what world would we know you went through a reputable shop and paid $75 cause you spent 23k for work lol.. $23,000 should get you a free ported manifold

Stop responding then go have a seat somewhere are you bored…

 

[deanm11]

I looked into this with Wilson Manifolds a while back and here is their direct response:

WM: You can send us your manifold and we can port it for $550.00. You can expect 10-15HP on a ported composite manifold. We offer a Gen 3 Coyote as well.

I thought about it and decided against it. The IM is so big, it would have required a large box and other packing materials. I’m guessing it would have cost at least $200 round trip for shipping, in addition to the porting.

Just a public service FYI- shipping would have been more like $20 or so each way as long as you use a discount service.. gets about 50% off UPS rack rates. A free platform is pirateship.com

10-15, no way. 5-7? Maybe.

 

[NGOT8R]

Just a public service FYI- shipping would have been more like $20 or so each way as long as you use a discount service.. gets about 50% off UPS rack rates. A free platform is pirateship.com

10-15, no way. 5-7? Maybe.

Yeah, two things deterred me from doing it.

1. The cost for a hand ported job, as they told me that they don’t use a CNC machine to port composite IMs.

2. The 10-15 hp claim seemed high to me.

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